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Originally Posted by BigRed CC Dually
Thanks TwoRails,
I was able to explore the image on the external HDD, It looks as though I can copy back only the files I want.
I think your advice to create several partitions is a good one, off hand how large of a partition should I make for XP-Pro ("C" drive)? the HDD is 250GB, would you suggest more than 2 partitions?
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Depending on how much "stuff" you have, a boot partition of 10 - 20 gigs is plenty. I install only what I call "system stuff" on my C drive (vid drivers / utiities, sound card, antivirus, firewall, etc.) I have all my "temp" stuff going to one of the other logical drives (the actual "temp / tmp" directories, email, browswer cache, etc) to help keep it small. As far as how many to make depends on what other stuff you have. My physical boot drive is also a 250 gig and it is current broken up into 3 slices (down from 4 as I moved a full logical drive to another physical drive). One method is to put your personal stuff (photos, home movies, etc) and general related programs (word procesor(s), data bases, DVD suites, etc) on one. The other could be for the temp stuff mentioned above, and stuff like games, etc. I find it very easy to backup that way, and also to find stuff. Defrag is a lot quicker, too. Also, if you happen to "lose" a drive, such as I have, then chances are that just the affect logical drive goes out, and not the whole physical drive.
HTH
TR
edit: If I'd learn to type faster.... I would have snuck in before glc!!
